A Photographer for People, Lifestyle, Sports, Kids, Advertising, Editorial, Object & Motion…

“Welcome to my page. I am Oliver a People Portrait Lifstyle Photographer based in Madrid Spain. It’s a selection of my images of people, lifestyle, sports, kids, advertising, editorial, stills, objects and fine art. For me photography is a tool for better understanding of life. I want to create images for expressing the things were words sometimes struggle. After growing up in Cologne, I studied Arts and Photography and got into advertising, working as a creative in agencies in Hamburg, Madrid and London. This led to become a freelance photographer. Now I am moving around mainly in Europe to work on commissioned and personal projects. I am shooting people, lifestyle, sports, kids, advertising, editorial and fine art images and I am loving it. My style is a wide spread from natural works to highly stylized and aesthetically complex pieces. Enjoy the images! Thanks and kind regards.” Oliver

The new Cunef campaign. Agency: The Summer Agency. Client Cunef University.

Director creativo: José Luis Esteo

Head of Art: Mamen Tato.

Redactores: MJ Baratas y Daniel Hernando

Directores de arte: Marina Dobarco

Producer: Mariana Pérez.

Realización y fotografía: Oliver Haupt (The unknow artist studio)

Social Media Strategist: Yaiza Soto

Planner: Rafa Pascual

Editor de vídeo: Rafa Cota

Directora de Servicios al Cliente: Elena Durán

Ejecutiva de Cuentas: Andrea Camacho / Mónica Corral

Contacto Cliente: Fernando Palacios-Pelletier de la Lastra / Borja Gómez-Trenor Rodríguez

Motion content for the CUNEF University Campaign.

When we’ve got over this, maybe we should think about what’s really important in life. Because the way we have dealt with the world so far is no longer possible. Because life is for living.

El País Semanal Title Story. Chess in Spain.

My last title story for El País Semanal. “The chess master play in Spain: champion quarry and therapeutic resource” All over Spain chess is very popular. Firstly as a game, but it finds also its applications in therapy and rehabilitation. Secondly it is also working very well to help with integration of different nationalities and to prevent or solve social conflicts in complicated mixed districts.

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Some images I have done for clients and others I did just for me.

I am happy to see my “Apple” being part of this year’s AOP London Award Show and being selected for the book.

When I started my career in advertising the London AOP always had been the reference for good, creative photography. Certainly you can imagine how it felt to enter these books with my own images. Above all, taking home the first “best in show” trophies.

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This one I haven’t shot with my I Phone.

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The Reapers Choir London.

I loved this shoot especially because above all this choir is incredible. Full of life and joy. It is contagious and they leave you with an ever lasting smile on your face. More group shots here.

“It was a real pleasure to work with Oliver Haupt for our last photo shoot for our choir. From the first moment we met him he was extremely pleasant, warm and professional. He made us feel relaxed and comfortable which in turn assisted in providing brilliant and natural shots. His kind and gentle personality really shone through and greatly aided his directional and photographic skills. We were really pleased with the fresh and beautiful photographs he delivered. We highly recommend working with Oliver for photography and motion and would be pleased to work with him again.

Anu Omideyi, The Reapers Choir”

The series “Only Kids” gets selected for the 2019/20 Lürzers 200 Best Digital Artists Worldwide.

This series is about what is getting lost when we grow up. It is about the natural creativity of kids. And even kids get early in touch with an education system that kills this wonderful curiosity and innocence forever. This is a real shame. These objects did my daughter with my support. For sure a few years before the system got hold of her.

The London Wing Chun Academy.

Alex de la Iglesia with his Team at Pokeepsiefilms directing & producing new work for HBO.

Once Alex de la Iglesia called me because he really liked my photography a lot. So I did the first images for his cinema work. All went very well. And as a result, since then I am collaborating in his projects.

I am shooting Joaquín Sabina y Benjamín Prado for the poster for the new campaign by Y-Media & 37Films for 1906 beer.

Production company: 37Films, Photography & Retouching: Oliver Haupt / the unknown artist studio. Poster for the new campaign by the Madrid agency Y-Media for 1906 beer.

The year 2018 was fantastic for exploring new paths.

So many projects done and so many on their way. Therefore, it would be great to have some more hours every day. And maybe this is the wish for 2019. Let the days have something like 38 hours.

Why did we come up with the name: the unknown artist studio?

Commercial image making means a collaboration of many individuals. Working together as a team, the creatives, the account person, the client, the production team, the models and the photographer. They all have their respective influence on the final result. This is good and productive and I found it would be fair enough to sign the pictures with a name that considers them all: the unknown artist. As reference to this idea the logo of the unknown artist studio is a mix of many faces. The nose of the account executive, the ears of the creative director, the hair of the producer, the mouth of a client, the shoulders of an art director, the eyebrows of a product manager’s husband and Oliver’s eyes. So the People Portrait Lifstyle Photographer is the unknown artist behind the image.

The advertising magazine ADWEEK commented on this idea: please clic the logo for more information.

For the 5th consecutive edition of Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Ad Photographers my work gets selected.

Since I started with photography Lürzer’s Archive selects my images. And I am really happy about this. Before, when I worked as a creative in advertising, Lürzer’s was rather our “Bible”. Importantly, it is still defending this status in our media and award overloaded times. Thanks a lot Lürzers’s Team for always reminding me in time to submit my work. I am very happy to be now for 10 years part of this brilliant edition of work.

My images for WEOUTDOOR premium cycling apparel win the Gold Medal at 2018 PX3 Photography Prize in Paris.

Thanks to these fantastic guys from WEOUTDOOR I could do these series with their beautiful cycling apparel.

Shooting in the streets.

Idea sketch: Trash Dance

Some days I only experiment with photography or film to develop new techniques, styles or concepts. One day I want to turn some of the sketches into serious projects.

Germany

I am always taking photos when traveling. That is to say, taking pictures of people, lifestyle, sports, kids, advertising, objects . What I do like about my sketchbook photography is the freedom. Certainly, compared to working on commissioned briefs. And this is good for the progress with my own photography. It enriches my work as commercial People Portrait Lifstyle Photographer

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